On 5/19/2018 9:55 AM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Sat, 19 May 2018 08:11:55 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 19 May 2018 00:57:29 -0400, Clare Snyder
wrote:

After 6 years of ownership, and putting over 50,000 additional Km on
it (now reading 358,000) I've run into a few repairs. I finally
replaced the ORIGINAL rear brakes (the OP gave me the shoes and
springs when I bought it - I bought new adjusters and cyls) last week.
I've been noticing drips on the driveway for some time - had the
transmission shop replace the plugs in the shift rail bores on the
tranny (cost me $200) and yesterday I started smelling hot antifreeze
and found the rad tank seal had let go on the left side - I tried
recrimping and just made the leak worse - - -
Out, recrimp, and back in, on the driveway, less than 90 minutes.
One of the easiest vehicles I've changed a rad on in YEARS!!!
Will order a new rad Tuesday morning (long weekend up here) for about
$170 and hopefully I'm good for a few more years and another 50,000km
- - -
In 2 weeks I've spent more on repairs than I've spent in 6 years but
I'm definitely not complaining!


Too bad you don't put more miles on - I'd like to see
what it takes to wear out a Vulcan motor ...
I scrapped 3 or 4 Taurii with perfectly good motors.
Starter and alternator replacements were quite easy on these.
John T.
It's not a vulcan - it's a mighty "cologne" based 4.0.

I've seen them go 500,000km

Â* Kinda off topic because it's a Toy , but our '99 4Runner V6 has
304,000 miles , that's right damn close to 500,000 km . Still runs like
a top ... the key factors here are #1 modern CNC machining of components
and #2 modern computerized engine control systems . With any reasonable
amount of care 500k miles is going to be the new normal . I remember
when one didn't buy a car with over 50 or 60 thousand miles because it
was near the end of it's life ... I got this Toy with almost 250k and
figure it's probably broken in now .

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Snag
Ain't no dollar sign on
peace of mind - Zac Brown